Patent GB-1152332-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Automatic Lathes
IPC: B23Q5/34
Filed: 1966-05-19
Abstract: 1,152,332. Automatic lathes. WENDLER G.m.b.H. GEB. 19 May, 1966 [19 May, 1965], No. 22368/66. Heading B3T. [Also in Division B5] An automatic lathe comprises a head stock 6, Fig. 1, having a rotatable main spindle, a stock feed device 4, a work clamping device 9, a circular saw 10, and at least one tool holder 119, which carries a tool 120, Fig. 5, rotatable about the work axis. Main spindle 39, Fig. 4, has a tool head 42 secured thereto which carries the tool holders 119, and is rotatable in a hollow spindle 45, which supports cams 122, Fig. 6 (not shown). Tool holders 119 are carried by levers 114 which also carry followers (125) that co-operate with cams 122, so that when there is relative rotational movement between spindles 39, 45, the tools 120 are oscillated radially to thus feed into the work. The stock is clamped in a non-rotary sleeve 127, Fig. 4, during turning by a collet 132 actuated by a toothed rack and wedge device 108, through a thrust tube 133 and a collet sleeve 131, or in a modification, the device 108 is omitted and sleeve 127 is secured to the housing 104 of stock feed device 4. An electric motor 11 drives a shaft 12, Fig. 1, through a toothed belt 15, the shaft having a gear-wheel 16 which can be connected to the shaft by an electromagnetic clutch 19, and two further gear-wheels 17, 18, which drive a varied speed drive 22, and an intermediate shaft 29, respectively. Two interconnected gear-wheels 25, 26 can be connected to the output shaft 24, by an electromagnetic clutch 27, and gear 26 is connected to a shaft 58 by a toothed belt 65. Shaft 29 in the head stock has gears 35, 36 keyed thereto, the gear 35 being connected to a gear 38, Fig. 4, mounted on main spindle 39. Sun-wheels 46, 48 having a different number of teeth are secured to spindle 45, and to a bush 49 secured to spindle 39, respectively, and are coupled to each other by several planet wheel sets 50, 51 each set being carried on a shaft 52 located in a planet carrier 53 having a further gear 56 secured thereto, wheel 50 being integral with the shaft. Planet carrier 53 is driven by a gear 66 on shaft 58, which shaft also mounts a sun gear 68 which meshes with a pinion 74 of a second planetary drive 57. A hollow shaft 69 is rotatably supported by planet carrier 61, and has gears 72, 73, which mesh with gears 75 and 36 respectively. A shaft 79, Fig. 3, is driven by planet carrier 61 through sprockets and a chain 76, 80, 81, and this shaft drives a transverse main control shaft 77 through a worm drive 78. A cam 82 controls the feed of circular saw 10 by pivoting the latter through a bell crank lever 83, Fig. 1, and a push rod 84, and further cams 85, Fig. 3, control the feed motions of a tool turret, a trip lever 86 being provided for actuating an electric switch 87. Main control shaft 77 is adapted to be coupled to an auxiliary control shaft 90 by disengageable bevel gears 88, 89, or gear 89 may be coupled to the bevel gear 91 of a brake motor 92, Fig. 1, whose power is supplied through switch 87. Shaft 90 carries a trip lever 93, Fig. 3, which actuates a switch 94 to interrupt the power supply to motor 92 after each rotation of the shaft, the electromagnetic clutches 19, 27 also being connected to the circuit of motor 92. Shaft 90 also carries a cam 95 which acts to control the jaws 98 of work clamping device 9, Fig. 1, through a lever 96 and push rod 97, a cam 99 for moving stock feed device 4 through rack 109. In operation bar stock 5, Fig. 1, is fed into headstock 6, collet 132 is closed and the jaws 98 of device 9 clamp the work. Spindle 39 is rotated through shafts 12, 29, at say 4000 r.p.m., clutch 19 is disengaged and clutch 27 is engaged. Planet carrier 53 is driven by shaft 12 through drive 22 and shaft 58 at say 3000 r.p.m. Sun-wheel 48 has 49 teeth and sunwheel 46 has 50 teeth, therefore spindle 45 lags behind spindle 39. Sun-wheel 72 rotates at 4000 r.p.m., stun-wheel 68 rotates at 3000 r.p.m. and gears 35, 38, 36, 73 and 56-66 have a 1 : 1 ratio. Planet carrier 61 rotates at 500 r.p.m. and this speed is transmitted to shaft 79 and the latter drives spindle 77 at 20 r.p.m. if only one tool 120 is provided, or 60 r.p.m. if three tools are provided. While tools 120 act on a work-piece, saw 10 cuts off the finished worka lever 102, a cam 100 for actuating a collet in device 4 through a lever 106, and toothed rack 105, and a cam 101 for actuating the collet sleeve 133 through a lever 110 and a toothed piece. If an extended period is to be allowed for the machining operation spindle 90 is coupled to brake motor 92.